PdF:SPDA006 An abroad internship - Course Information

SPDA006 An abroad internship

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught online.

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Mgr. Ilona Fialová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Special Education (programme PdF, D-SPZPA) (2)

Course objectives

The course is intended for students of doctoral studies with the aim of gaining experience and professional contacts from foreign universities and institutions. The purpose is to deepen the knowledge related to the preparation of the dissertation or the experience of research in the international team; deepening of professional and linguistic skills.

Learning outcomes

The student will expand his expertise in special and inclusive pedagogy in interdisciplinary contexts abroad. It will increase his competences in the areas of cooperation on scientific projects, presentation of his own research in the international pedagogical area of work. Student will get acquainted with the teaching system applied in other countries; contacts with the prospect of possible cooperation in the future.

Syllabus

• A foreign internship can be filled with different forms and more activities. The total stay abroad is at least 7 weeks. Longer-term study stays and erasmus+ work placements are preferred. Foreign conferences, international projects of a research nature, foreign summer schools, etc. are also possible.

Literature

recommended literature
• Stacie Nevadomski Berdan: A Student Guide to Study Abroad,Institute of International Education (August 23, 2013)
• Internationalisation of higher education and global mobility. Edited by Bernhard Streitwieser. Oxford: Symposium Books, 2014, 320 s. ISBN 9781873927427. info
• BROOKS, Rachel and Johanna L. WATERS. Student mobilities, migration and the internationalization of higher education. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ix, 196. ISBN 9780230578449. info
• FLEXER, Robert W. Transition planning for secondary students with disabilities. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008, xx, 442. ISBN 0132387638. info
• Guidelines for Inclusion: Ensuring Access to Education for All. Unesco, 2005. URL info

not specified
• OECD (2012) Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools, OECD Publishing. Paris
• OECD. (2009) Education Today: The OECD Perspective. PARIS: OECD PUBLISHING.
• OECD. (2005) Guidelines for Inclusion: Ensuring Access to Education for All. PARIS: OECD PUBLISHING
• OECD (2011) Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing. Paris
• OECD. (2007) Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages. PARIS: OECD PUBLISHING.
• EVERY CHILD MATTERS: (2004) Change for Children in Schools. Ref. DfES/1089/2004, Nottingham: DfES Publications

Teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of programme and the conditions of the hosting institution. It includes lectures, theoretical preparation, seminars, individual preparation under professional guidance, lectures, presentations, work on a dissertation project.

Assessment methods

The subject is terminated by credit. Consultation with the trainer is required before going abroad.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.

Teacher's information

Students do not interrupt their studies for the semester.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
  
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